Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The Nintendo NX Controller Innovation

With the Wii
U, Nintendo tried to innovate with the Gamepad, but while the controller is indeed innovative, it was too late into the ipad/tablet generation to make a real impact; that along with Nintendo's own mismanagement of the entire advertising. The Wii U Gamepad for example works best with a couple types of games, like Deus
Ex (inventory, map, and the hacking is awesome) and Super Mario Maker where you have direct control of making the levels with only the Gamepad making it truly possible.

While it is true that Nintendo
needs to have the competitive specs for the NX (something basically equal to PS4 to get
by) it also must have an innovative advantage that makes sense to use forall
games, something automatic that the console just
"does" that the others can't do. Not a controller where the developer
is stuck trying to figure it out and just giving up and making a standard game
just like the other consoles; this has happened to the largest degree with the Wii U Gamepad being ignored, relegated to just off-screen play or a secondary map.

Think about the Nintendo 64 for moment. Most games (besides d-pad fighting
games) the N64 controlled better at 3D racers, platformers and shooters than the
PS1. The PS1 had a lot of the same games, but most would agree that they were
better controlled at the time on the N64.

That is
what the NX needs to do, bring a change but not drastic enough to make games
not usable without completely changing them so they work on the system (see Wii/Wii U). Make a
controller interface that is better than Xbox One and better than the PS4 for the games
we are playing today, while still having it be able to create new experiences
not found on the competition, this way even if Third Parties don't use some of
the unique features of the NX controller or interface, they still get the
"edge" of what the system can do automatically.

(Why not build and make better than ever what we already have?)

This would be the crucial part of the Nintendo NX that could separate itself as the better choice in playing modern video games. This is the challenge Nintendo has with the NX, all while being able to communicate it in an easy to understand way for the market to respond favorably and build demand.

give me a pro pad with 9axis gyroscope and ir pointer built in THAT WOULD BE AMAZING or the same again with a smalll touch screen so we have a gamepad PLUS thats about the same size as a pro pad

this isnt rocket science its COMMONSENSE

star fox zero is shifsy forcing gamepad in a gimmickyy way

what he should have done is combined the gyroscope and stick in to a flight and shoot control EVOLVED SPLATOON and used te touch screen as a bomber radar drone etc screen like a real war pilot in say a fighter jet PRESTO GREAT FIGHER PILOT CONTROLS

OR

WII REMOTE AND CHUCK FOR FLIGHT AND SHOT AND HAVE A MOTION AND STICJ FLIGHT CONTROL LIKE A REAL PILOT

THEN GAMEPAD COULD SIMPLY BE USED BY YOUR SIDE AS A TACTUICAL SCREEN FOR DROPPING BOMBS OR FINDING THINGS ON RADAR

the secret is KEEP IT SIMPLE BUT MAKE IT ADVANCED AND PICK UP AND PLAY THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT Wii did....